Podcast Can we bring extinct species back? January 05, 2021 Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? In聽How to Clone a Mammoth, Beth Shapiro, an evolutionary biologist and pioneer in ancient聽DNA聽research, addresses this intriguing question by walking readers through the astonishing and controversial process of de-extinction. Read More
Podcast Sexuality, gender, and race in the Middle Ages December 18, 2020 While the term 鈥渋ntersectionality鈥� was coined in 1989, the existence of marginalized identities extends back over millennia.聽Byzantine Intersectionality聽reveals the fascinating, little-examined conversations in medieval thought and visual culture around matters of sexual and reproductive consent, bullying and slut-shaming, homosocial and homoerotic relationships, trans and nonbinary gender identities, and the depiction of racialized minorities. Read More
Podcast College presidents and the struggle for Black freedom December 01, 2020 Some of America鈥檚 most pressing civil rights issues鈥攄esegregation, equal educational and employment opportunities, housing discrimination, and free speech鈥攈ave been closely intertwined with higher education institutions. Read More
Podcast Conspiracy theories are more dangerous than ever November 16, 2020 Conspiracy theories are as old as politics. But conspiracists today have introduced something new鈥攃onspiracy without theory. In the era of Donald Trump鈥檚 presidency, this new conspiracism has moved from the fringes to the heart of government. Read More
Podcast Conservatism is always evolving November 02, 2020 For two hundred years, conservatism has defied its reputation as a backward-looking creed by confronting and adapting to liberal modernity. By doing so, the Right has won long periods of power and effectively become the dominant tradition in politics. Read More
Podcast Why are Blacks Democrats? October 15, 2020 Black Americans are by far the most unified racial group in American electoral politics, with 80 to 90 percent identifying as Democrats鈥攁 surprising figure given that nearly a third now also identify as ideologically conservative, up from less than 10 percent in the 1970s. Read More
